Two NASA astronauts are preparing for the first spacewalk of the year aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The ...

Astronomers have captured a groundbreaking phenomenon at the brink of a supermassive black hole located at the heart of ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves—found throughout the universe—are able to ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves -- found throughout the universe -- are able to accelerate particles to extreme speeds.

International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected ...

"This tells us that objects like white dwarfs may be able to live very close to an event horizon for a relatively extended period of time." ...

Plasma waves: Plasma is like a soup of charged particles, such as electrons and ions, which are extremely thin and widely ...

A research team at the University of Virginia is revolutionizing the future of space travel with groundbreaking studies on ...

The NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the Horse-head Nebula. It is the sharpest infrared ...

Hidden patterns in electric propulsion plasma beams could help ensure the success of long-term space missions.

Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant ...